Health care is a treasure trove for criminals looking to steal reams of personal information, as the hacking of a database maintained by the second-largest U.S. health insurer proves.

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The number of Marylanders getting health insurance through an employer had been steadily declining since well before the Affordable Care Act, a report finds.

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The Food and Drug Administration approved 41 first-of-a-kind drugs in 2014, including a record number of medicines for rare diseases, pushing the agency's annual tally of drug approvals to its highest level in 18 years.

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The first 50-state report on the latest sign-up season under President Barack Obama's health care law shows that more than 4 million people selected plans for the first time or re-enrolled in what the administration called "an encouraging start."

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield still dominates the Maryland health exchange. But what’s that mean for consumers’ pockets? And what about for physicians?

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Health care has so much going on that it is hard to choose just 10 stories that had the most impact. Health care providers are learning new ways to do everything that we do. The transitions in health care are ...

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Maryland's public health secretary is calling the state's revamped health-insurance exchange a success as the second enrollment period hits a milestone.

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Trying to head off a new round of consumer headaches with President Barack Obama's health care law, the insurance industry said Tuesday it will give customers more time to pay their premiums for January.

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Maryland's health department says more than 80,000 residents have enrolled in health coverage through the state's insurance exchange since the second open enrollment period began Nov. 15.

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State officials say only about a quarter of those people who have to renew their health insurance plans have actually done so.

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